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USAopoly has announced a Wrinkle in Time game, a Munchkin Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is in the works, and it’s time to submit your nominations for the Golden Geek Awards.

Every year the board game industry grows and incorporates more and more dedicated players. The last few years have been termed the "board game renaissance," and in a lot of ways it truly is the best era in gaming thus far. By the time industry magazine ICv2 reports of the most recent figures (typically 10-20% annual growth since around 2008) a plethora of new board game publishers have already sprung up. With the growth of Kickstarter, starting a publishing company has become a lot more accessible for those that don't have the financial resources to afford printing thousands of copies of a game on their own.

Will you donate your beans to a player in need or wheel and deal? Rio Grande's classic card game puts you in the role of bean farmer.

Ice Cool 2 has been announced, Asmodee has acquired Mayfair Games, and Cabot is hosting a board game cooking contest.

A dungeon crawler for a casual audience, the Dark Castle is tough to escape and tougher to forget. Each play through will be different as the castle changes every time you play. Dive in and try to survive, if you dare!

Gamewright has announced eight new games, a new edition of Monopoly that actively encourages cheating will be coming soon, and a Star Wars Fluxx is released in Russia.

Can you defeat the friendly bear or the dreaded eleven kittens? Dungeon Fighter turns a classic genre into a dice-throwing dexterity game! You’re no longer rolling those dice, you’re throwing them.